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In 1906, he founded the ''Nowofarny Cemetery'' at Artyleryjska Street, since the old cemetery (''Starofarny Cemetery'') had reached its full capacity. |
In 1906, he founded the ''Nowofarny Cemetery'' at Artyleryjska Street, since the old cemetery (''Starofarny Cemetery'') had reached its full capacity. |
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Ryszard combined the pastoral work with an dynamic support to national activities among Polish inhabitants. In this matter, he became in 1905 a member of the Bydgoszcz board of the "[[Karol Marcinkowski|K. Marcinkowski]] Society for Scientific Support", established in 1841 by Marcinkowski and Maciej Mielżyński in [[Prussian Partition|Prussian occupied Poland]]. Additionally he |
Ryszard combined the pastoral work with an dynamic support to national activities among Polish inhabitants. In this matter, he became in 1905 a member of the Bydgoszcz board of the "[[Karol Marcinkowski|K. Marcinkowski]] Society for Scientific Support", established in 1841 by Marcinkowski and Maciej Mielżyński in [[Prussian Partition|Prussian occupied Poland]]. Additionally he participated to the "Straż" organization, which opposed the [[Germanisation]] policy of the ruling authorities. |
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This national [[activism]] aroused suspicion then opposition from German nationalists. They informed the institutions of the [[Bromberg (region)|Bromberg region]], claiming falsely that Father Markwart defied |
This national [[activism]] aroused suspicion then opposition from German nationalists. They informed the institutions of the [[Bromberg (region)|Bromberg region]], claiming falsely that Father Markwart defied the law by teaching religion lessons in Polish. In parallel, German catholics in [[Bydgoszcz|Bromberg]], having been denied by Ryszard the possibility to create a separate parish church, asked for his departure from the city in 1904. However these slanders and other requests did not reach any result, in particular because of Markwart unexpected death. |
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Indeed Ryszard Markwart died on August 16, 1906, in [[Świnoujście]], while swimming in the [[Baltic Sea]]. He was buried at the ''Nowofarny Cemetery'', in a ceremony attended by a multitude of Polish inhabitants of Bydgoszcz and its surroundings. |
Indeed Ryszard Markwart died on August 16, 1906, in [[Świnoujście]], while swimming in the [[Baltic Sea]]. He was buried at the ''Nowofarny Cemetery'', in a ceremony attended by a multitude of Polish inhabitants of Bydgoszcz and its surroundings. |
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After 1920, one of the streets in [[Śródmieście (Bydgoszcz) | Bydgoszcz Śródmieście] was named after him. |
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After 1920, a street in Bydgoszcz Śródmieście district was named after him. |
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* [[Bydgoszcz Cathedral]] |
* [[Bydgoszcz Cathedral]] |
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* [[Church of the Holy Trinity, Bydgoszcz]] |
* [[Church of the Holy Trinity, Bydgoszcz]] |
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* [[Markwarta street in Bydgoszcz]] |
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| Born | September 9, 1868 |
| Died | August 16, 1906 (aged 37) |
| Burial place | Nowofarny cemetery, Bydgoszcz |
| Nationality | German  German Empire, Polish  Poland |
| Occupation | Priest |
| Religion | Catholic Church |
| Church | Latin Church |
Ryszard Markwart (1868-1906) was a German-Polish catholic priest and Polish national activist who served in Magdeburg, Berlin and Bydgoszcz.
Early life and occupations
Ryszard Markwart was born on September 9, 1868, in Ostróda, then part of the German Empire, from a Polish-German family.
His father was a German of the Evangelical faith and worked as a veterinarian. His mother Norberta was a Polish Roman catholic woman. She had the most influence on Ryszard and was critical to shape her son's attachment to Polishness and Catholic faith.
After graduating from gymnasium, he attended lectures at different universities:
Furthermore, Markwart was educated in theological seminaries in Poznań and Gniezno. He finally received ordination in Gniezno.
He was first a "manservant" "(Template:Lang-pl)", i.e. below the rank of priest in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, in Środa Wielkopolska during two years (1892–1894). Ryszard then became a vicar at the Gniezno Cathedral.
Between 1894 and 1899, he worked as a priest in the German imperial army. He transfered as parish priest to the garrison church in Magdeburg, then moved as the military chaplain of the 7th division, billeted in Berlin.
During this period, he permanently showed support to Polish national activities, in particular by actively participating in meetings and happenings organised by Polish organizations in Berlin. Concurrently, Markwart expressed tactfulness towards German Catholics, gaining also their sympathy.
Activities in Bydgoszcz
In 1899, the parish church in Bydgoszcz lost his priest, Father Józef Choraszewski. To replace him, Florian Stablewski, the serving archbishop of Gniezno, supported Markwart candidacy for the position of parson of the parish.
With the tacit agreement of the German authorities, Ryszard Markwart was nominated to this place on November 15, 1899. As the parish priest of Bydgoszcz, he taught religion in the two existing realschules of the city: in downtown (today's High School No. 1) and in the old town (today's High Seminary of Bydgoszcz Diocese at 18 Grodzka Street).
He additionally supervised the religious and charity associations of the parish. In particular, Ryszard Markwart took extra care of the "Polish-Catholic Workers' Society" (Template:Lang-pl), reactivated in 1892, which championnd patriotism and Polish culture. Under his patronage, the institution joined the "Union of Workers' Societies" (Template:Lang-pl) in 1904 in Poznań.
Like his predecessor Józef Choraszewski, Father Markwartfaced constant challenges to provide pastoral care in his vast and populous parish. To overcome the issue, he constantely leveraged to have another church built in his city. The project designed by architect Roger Sławski will be eventually carried out in autumn 1912: the Church of the Holy Trinity was consecrated on May 18, 1913, by Gniezno suffragan bishop Wilhelm Kloske.[1]
In 1904, the archbishop of Gniezno granted him the title of "honorary clerical counselor".
In 1906, he founded the Nowofarny Cemetery at Artyleryjska Street, since the old cemetery (Starofarny Cemetery) had reached its full capacity.
Ryszard combined the pastoral work with an dynamic support to national activities among Polish inhabitants. In this matter, he became in 1905 a member of the Bydgoszcz board of the "K. Marcinkowski Society for Scientific Support", established in 1841 by Marcinkowski and Maciej Mielżyński in Prussian occupied Poland. Additionally he participated to the "Straż" organization, which opposed the Germanisation policy of the ruling authorities.
This national activism aroused suspicion then opposition from German nationalists. They informed the institutions of the Bromberg region, claiming falsely that Father Markwart defied the law by teaching religion lessons in Polish. In parallel, German catholics in Bromberg, having been denied by Ryszard the possibility to create a separate parish church, asked for his departure from the city in 1904. However these slanders and other requests did not reach any result, in particular because of Markwart unexpected death.
Indeed Ryszard Markwart died on August 16, 1906, in Świnoujście, while swimming in the Baltic Sea. He was buried at the Nowofarny Cemetery, in a ceremony attended by a multitude of Polish inhabitants of Bydgoszcz and its surroundings.
Recognitions
After 1920, a street in Bydgoszcz Śródmieście district was named after him.
See also
References
- ^ Klause, Gabriela (2008). Kościół pw. św. Trójcy w Bydgoszczy – dzieło Rogera Sławskiego. Bydgoszcz: Pracownia Dokumentacji i Popularyzacji Zabytków Wojewódzkiego Ośrodka Kultury w Bydgoszczy. p. 206.
External links
- (in Polish)
Bibliography
- Błażejewski Stanisław, Kutta Janusz, Romaniuk Marek: Bydgoski Słownik Biograficzny. Tom II. Bydgoszcz 1995. ISBN 83-85327-27-4, str. 100-101